Pictures!

Not much to say today. Yesterday was a good day at work...It looks like I will get to do some work with the people who are trying to start up Hungary's first SRI Fund. And I am starting my UN Global Compact project, which is for the Budapest Stock Exchange. Rounding things out with my CSR report work with AES Tisza that starts in July and, well, I may have something to put on my resume after all!!

So, with little else to write about other than what the hell is going on in Israel!(and with the rain outside keeping me from an outdoor lunch!), here are some photos.


Ah, the shower. Here it is in all its glory. See how the showerhead is at just below boob-level? See how it's in the middle of the shower, too, so that the water, when it sprays, threatens to spray outward onto the floor (which it often does!)? Every day I hunch over trying to wash my hair and my upper body. How does Peter deal with this? Well, for one, he is grateful that we even have a shower curtain, since that's kind of an oddity here. Secondly...he sits.

This is a partial view of our kitchen. Cute, right? It's a bit small but it's big enough for us to fit at the same time. The stove, though electric, is actually pretty good. The oven? Well, I am my mother's daughter and can proudly report that the oven has yet to be turned on!

This is the inside of the great synagogue. It is quite beautiful but this picture is kind of weird because I was trying to photograph the bimah without getting the klezmer band in the picture. The band was practicing for a performance later that evening. Klezmer music performance in Budapest. I never would have guessed!

This is Nágycsárnok - Great Hall. It's a large indoor farmer's market and it's awesome! So many old ladies walking around shopping with wicker baskets (and such a different, authentic feel, as compared to the yuppie-fest that is the SF farmer's market...admittedly, I love the SF market!). While locals shop here, so do tourists. In fact, there is a whole aisle that is clearly dedicated to the tourists, with hanging peppers (paprika) and promises of ghoulash! I am looking forward to going back, not least because this is the only place in Hungary I have seen spinach for sale!

This is the view of the Danube River (and the Parliament and the Lanchid (Chain Bridge) from Margit Hid (Margaret Bridge), which is the bridge I walk over most days to get to my Turkish lunch place. Beautiful, no?